SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C.



                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
                      Securities and Exchange Act of 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 17, 1996


                       COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORPORATION
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            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


         Idaho                      1-8641             82-0109423
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(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission        (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)           File Number)       Identification
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     400 Coeur d'Alene Mines Bldg.
     505 Front Avenue
     Coeur d'Alene, Idaho                         83814
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 (Address of principal executive offices)      (zip code)


      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (208) 667-3511
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                                Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

     As  reported  in the Current  Report on Form 8-K of Coeur  d'Alene  Mines
Corporation  ("Coeur" or the  "Company")  filed on March 27, 1996, the Company
increased  the cash  component  of its  earlier  announced  offer  to  acquire
outstanding  shares of  Gasgoyne  Gold  Mines NL, an  Australian  gold  mining
company ("Gasgoyne"),  from the holders thereof. Pursuant to the revised offer
(the "Offer"),  the Company  offered 7 shares of its common stock plus A$96 in
exchange for each 100 Gasgoyne  shares.  On April 11, 1996, the Company waived
all conditions to which the Offer previously was subject,  including the prior
condition  that the Company  acquire at least 50.1% of Gasgoyne's  outstanding
shares.  Furthermore,  the Company  reduced  the  settlement  period  enabling
Gasgoyne  shareholders  who accept the Offer to receive  from Coeur their cash
and Coeur shares within five  business days of their  acceptance of the Offer.
The Offer  originally  was to expire on April 22, 1996. On April 21, 1996, the
Offer was extended to April 26, 1996, and the Offer expired on April 26, 1996.

     As of the close of  business  on April 26,  1996,  Coeur had  issued  (or
received  acceptances from Gasgoyne  shareholders  requiring Coeur to issue) a
total  of  1,141,983  shares  of Coeur  common  stock  and  paid (or  received
acceptances  from  Gasgoyne  shareholders  requiring  Coeur to pay) a total of
approximately  A$19.5 million (or  approximately  US$15.4 million based on the
currency  exchange rate in effect on April 26, 1996) to Gasgoyne  shareholders
holding  20,293,691  Gasgoyne  shares that accepted the Offer.  Such amount of
Gasgoyne shares constitute 35.4% of Gasgoyne's  57,276,507  outstanding shares
(or 35.1% of  Gasgoyne's  outstanding  shares and  462,025  shares  subject to
outstanding options).

     The Gasgoyne  shares acquired by the Company  include  13,839,682  shares
acquired by Coeur on April 17, 1996 from Ioma Pty.  Ltd.  ("Ioma"),  which was
the  principal  shareholder  of Gasgoyne and is a private  investment  company
controlled by Mr. Crabb, Chief Executive Officer of Gasgoyne,  Mr. Rick Crabb,
a director of Gasgoyne, and other members of the Crabb family.

     Coeur  intends to finance  its cash  payments  to  Gasgoyne  shareholders
through a loan facility with Rothschild Australia Limited,  which provides for
a maximum of US$50 million of  borrowings at an annual  interest rate equal to
LIBOR plus 1.5%.

     The Coeur shares being  offered and issued in  connection  with the Offer
have not been  registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933  (the  "Act") in
reliance upon Regulation S thereunder and, consequently, the shares may not be
offered or sold by former Gasgoyne  shareholders to "U.S. persons" (as defined
in Rule 902(o) of Regulation S under the Act) unless the shares are registered

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under the Act or an exemption from such registration is available. Pursuant to
Rule   903(c)(2)(iii)  of  Regulation  S,  Coeur  shares  issued  to  Gasgoyne
shareholders  may not be offered or sold to any U.S.  persons prior to June 6,
1996, which is the date following the expiration of a 40-day restricted period
commencing  on April 26,  1996,  which was the date of the  expiration  of the
Offer.

     Sons of Gwalia  Limited,  an  Australian  gold mining  company  ("Sons of
Gwalia"), recently completed a competing offer to acquire outstanding Gasgoyne
shares on the basis of one Sons of Gwalia  share in  exchange  for each  three
Gasgoyne  shares.  The Sons of Gwalia offer  expired on April 26, 1996.  Coeur
understands  that as of April  26,  1996,  Sons of  Gwalia  had  acquired  (or
received  acceptances from Gasgoyne  shareholders  entitling Sons of Gwalia to
acquire) a total of 35,159,497  Gasgoyne  shares,  representing  approximately
61.4%  of  Gasgoyne's  total  outstanding   shares  (or  60.9%  of  Gasgoyne's
outstanding shares and shares subject to outstanding options).


Item 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
          EXHIBITS

     In  accordance  with Items 7(a)(4) and 7(b)(2) of Form 8-K, the financial
statements of Gasgoyne called for by Item 7(a) of Form 8-K and Rule 3-05(b) of
Regulation  S-X, and the pro forma  financial  information  called for by Item
7(b) of Form 8-K and Article XI of Regulation  S-X, will be filed by amendment
as soon as practicable but not later than July 1, 1996.

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                                  SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report to be  signed on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                         COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORPORATION
                                         (Registrant)


Dated: April 29, 1996                    By: /s/JAMES A. SABALA
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                                             James A. Sabala
                                             Senior Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer